This one ought to be your next purchase!!! Mazda Kiyora, a lightweight, next generation, urban compact concept car has been recently revealed at the 2008 Paris International Motor Show. Mazda Kiyora (meaning ‘clean and pure’ in Japanese) represents the harmony between driving pleasure and environmental and safety features. It is in line with Mazda’s long-term technology development vision, “Sustainable Zoom-Zoom.” It works towards the overall agenda of Mazda to achieve a 30 percent improvement in fuel economy in the near future.
Following its mantra of introducing new vehicles that are exciting to look at and drive, the car is highly fuel efficient, with a very small CO 2 footprint. By taking Mazda’s acclaimed lightweight strategy, it employs an extremely rigid and lightweight carbon-fibre body structure beneath a small, aerodynamic outer skin. Not only this, even the engine is a spirited, small-displacement 1.3-liter direct-injection. Featuring next-generation technologies clothed in a friendly and cool design that is as functional as it is beautiful, the car also features the unique Smart Idle Stop System (SISS).

The Mazda Kiyora concept car is formed in the shape of a water droplet on its side, as are its two side windows. It is an environmentally friendly city car that is cute and agile, and invites you to climb in for a ride. So this one surely, is to be your next purchase.

Via inhabitat